JULY 25, 2022 – The South Dakota and Minnesota National Guard joined forces to conduct a Wet Gap Crossing exercise at Camp Ripley Training Center July 18-19. Crossing a wet gap means crossing a water obstacle significant enough to prevent traditional ground maneuver, a logistical challenge at any time, but a complex and major operation during war. For this exercise, the … [Read more...]

JULY 25, 2022 – Soldiers from the 138th Field Artillery Brigade and other units across Kentucky participated in a Raven Small Unmanned Aerial System (SUAS) training event May 13-15, 2022. The training was conducted by Chief Warrant Officer 4 Joe Alexander and Sgt. 1st Class Bryan Welch from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division out of Fort Campbell, Ky. and Staff … [Read more...]

JULY 21, 2022 – Near the small town of Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, where the population is just over 11,000, sits three barracks buildings. To the U.S. Soldiers stationed there, it is known as the Konotop barracks. In 2014, the United States sent troops to Poland to train with Polish Land Forces on a rotational basis. Now, various units rotate to conduct missions, including … [Read more...]

JULY 20, 2022 - With a stroke of the pen, the partnership between the Vermont National Guard and Austria was formalized under the National Guard's State Partnership Program and became official. On July 19, Army Maj. Gen. Gregory Knight, Vermont's adjutant general; Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau; Klaudia Tanner, Austria's defense minister; and … [Read more...]

JULY 18, 2022 – The chief of the National Guard Bureau emphasized the Guard’s readiness to support overseas operations is also a key element in homeland defense and emergency response missions at home. “My motto is: ‘The answer is yes, what’s the question?’ If our nation needs the National Guard to do anything, we will find a way to do it,” Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson said … [Read more...]